Twitter changing the way they handle Links
Published: 9 Jun 2010 In: General
If you use Twitter on a regular basis, you will want to be aware of some changes taking place in the way the service handles links in your Tweets.
The Twitter blog details the changes that will take place over the coming few months and how they will effect all users (Twitter Blog: Links and Twitter: Length Shouldn’t Matter).
The changes are being made in order to increase security for users, and offer more relevant linking text when adding links to Tweets. Some of the changes include:
- Wrapping links using a new t.co URL
- More Intelligent shortening of links
- Better quality link scanning against malware or phishing sites
Twitter is already testing some of the features on employee accounts. They also hope to offer more details of the service to developers in order to prepare for the change.
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